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W. H. ELLIOT.

'BREEGH LOADING FIRE ARM.

1%. 314,570. Patented Mar. 31 1885.

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WILLIAM H. ELLIOT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BREECH-LOADING FIREARM,

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 314,570, dated March 31,1585.

1 I Application filed January 16, 1885. (No model) I 5 Breech-Loading Fire-Arm of which the following is a specification.

- The object and nature of my invention may be described as follows:

. The object of my invention is to providea simple, cheap, and practicable breech-loading firearm that may be charged from a magazine or by hand with equal facility; and the nature of my invention consists in the novel assemblage of certain (so-operative devices, which are fully set forth in the following specification and claims. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the receiver and guard-strap of the arm,

is a bottom view of the rear end of the receiver. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the guardstrap; Fig. 4 is an elevation of the rear end of the receiver, showing the .tangs in sec- ..tion. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the connect ingstrap and handle. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of the arm at open lines :10, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a bottom-view of the brace. Fig. 8 is anelevation of the rear end of the bolt and parts adjacent thereto. Fig. 9 isa plan of the connecting-strap. Fig. 10 is a plan of the guard-strap. 1

My'invention refers to that class of arm having a bolt for closing the chamber, which .imoves in a line with the barrel and is oper- H ated thronghthe medium of a reciprocating strap and handle arranged under the wrist of the arm. My improved arm may be charged from a vided with such carrying devices as are shown in my patent of February 12, 1884, N o. 293,-

315. It may be charged from a magazine located on the top of the receiver in the manner shownin my patent of November 4, 1884, No. 307,531, or it may be charged by hand. The bolt has a pendent portion, 0, at its forward end. To this pendent portion the brace e is pivoted at c.

should project from the inner surface of the receiver. They may, however, be made in "1 separate pieces and attached to the receiver;

by means of strong screws, a portion of each recoilshoulder projecting through the side of the receiver to prevent their displacement by the recoil; orthey may be formed upon a suit-*- ably-supported guard-strap, as shown in my patent of September 18, 1883, No. 285,020;

and whether supported by the receiver or by the guard-strap they should extend far enough to the rear to form the ledge 0, between which and the ledge 0 the friction-roll e runs to. prevent friction of the brace on said ledges during the manipulation of the arm. The reciprocating strap i is held to a substantiallyparallel movement at its forward end by its I connection with the arm e of the brace at V,

and it is guided at its rear end 111 a direction f substantially parallel with the wrist of thearm by the diagonal mortise m in the guard strap, through which it slides in manip-ulat- 1 ing the arm. This mortise is out through the guardstrap in the direction, as near as practicable, of the wrist of the arm.

The recipro' eating strap has a handle, 6, at its rear end,

by which means the arm is operated. It should also be provided with a friction-catch to hold the arm closed, as shown in several of my patents.

In operation a rearward movement of the;

handle first raises the rear end of the brace 1 above the recoil-shoulders and then draws the bolt and brace backward to the position shown in Fig. 1 by open lines. A reverse movement of the handle pushes the brace and bolt forward and brings the brace down in front of the recoil-shoulders, as shown in full lines,

Fig. 1. The brace e has a roller, 0, with a pivotal bearing on its rear endwhich runs between the ledges 0 and'o. This roller is large enough in diameter to project a little both above and below the brace, and so prevents friction of the brace on the ledges while manipulating the arm. The recoil-shoulders are arranged one upon each side of the receiver The connecting-strap 1' has a The brace is made the two sides of the receiver, and has a central cut in its forward end to make room for the pendant c of the bolt, between which and the brace there is a bearing-surface concentrio with the pivot c. It also has the arm 6' centrally attached at a point directly forward of the cut for said pendant. By this construction all the parts within the receiver are centrally arranged. The roller a has adiagonallyelongated pivotal bearing in the rear end of the bolt, the pivot being driven fast in the roller and moves back and forth in the diagthe hammer nearly touching the under side of hammer during that movement of the bolt,-

the bolt. As the bolt moves forward in'clos ing the arm, the nose of the hammer pushes the roller upward and backward to the position shown in Fig. 8, and does not depress the I whereby the friction caused by cocking the hammer is considerably reduced during the backward movement'of the bolt, and does not occur at all duringits forward movement.

By providing the handle 73 with guides in I the lower side of the guard-strap .it may have a movement exactly parallel with the wrist of the arm. In this case the diagonal mortise m should be made somewhat larger, so that it may not interfere with the movement of the strap 2', which would have to be joined to the handle by means of a joint, as at open lines if', Fig; 5.

Figs. 2 and 4 showa modification of the invention in which the reciprocating strap is guided at its rear end by means independent of the guard-strap or other devices supported by the receiver. The space between the-two sides of the receiver is narrowed at its rear end, as at r", Fig. 2, and the grooves 0', Fig. 4, cut therein. The reciprocating strap slides inand is guided by these grooves without coming in contact with the guard-strap. That portion of the reciprocating strap between the .;open lines 1' and 1'' may be removed. Still the recess in and through which the trigger operates will remain;

Open lines r, Fig. 3,'show the direction of the mortise in the guard-strap, through which the reciprocating strap slides and by which-it is guided.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1.. In a breech-loading fire-arm, the combination of devices, substantially as follows: a

bolt for closing the chamber, a brace for looking said bolt, pivoted at its forward end to the forward end of the bolt, and provided with an operating-arm, a divided recoil-shoulder within the receiver, against which said brace engages in looking the bolt, aslot extending backward from between said shoulders, through which said operating-arm travels to move the bolt, a reciprocating handle, and connectingstrap, guided by suitable means at its rear end and connected at its forward end to said operating-arm, said reciprocating strap being constructed with recess h, in and through which the trigger operates upon the hammer, as set forth.

2. In a breech-loading fire arm, the combination of devices, substantially as follows: a bolt for closing the chamber, a brace for looking said bolt, pivoted at its forward end to the forward end of the bolt, and provided with an operating-arm, a divided recoil-shoulder within the receiver, against which said brace .engages in looking the bolt,aslot extending backward from between said shoulders, through which said operating-arm travels to move the bolt, a reciprocating handle, and connectingstrap, guided at its forward end by its connec= tion with said arm and at its rear end by a diagonal mortise in the guard -strap, through which it slides in a direction substantially parallel with the wrist of the arm, as shown and described.

3. In a breech-loading fire-arm, a bolt for closing the chamber, which moves .in a line with the barrel, a hammer pivoted in the receiver and provided with the usual mains'pring and trigger, said hammer being brought to fullcock by the bolt in its backward movement, and in combination therewith a friction-roller provided with diagonally-elongated pivotal bearing in the rear end of said bolt, whereby the hammer is depressed beyond full-cock by the backward movement of the bolt, but is not depressed at all by its forward movement, substantially as specified.

r 4. The combination, in a breech loadiugi forward end to the forward end of said bolt and is provided with an operating arm and handle, with a suit'able'connection between the same, said brace being provided at its rear end with friction-roll e, which runs .alternately Onledges o 0 as the bolt is moved back and forth, substantially as and for the 1 purpose specified.

WM. H.-ELLIOT.

Witnesses: i

D. LEWIS, Y GEo. D. RICHARDSON. 

